fertilization with kelp

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I'm switching to organics, and I am going to follow @Brian Van Fleet 's recipe to the T. Since you add liquid seaweed to your cakes, do you think it would be OK to give them a weekly dose of kelp (https://www.amazon.com/Cyco-Platinum-Ryzofuel-5-L/dp/B00ZYDQ0JI) when I water?

Also, do you think the seaweed washes out of the cakes pretty fast?

I haven't started making the cakes yet because I need some sunshine...been doing nothing but raining here in Ohio
 

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Sure, kelp has good micronutrients, but very low NPK values. I use fish emulsion at least weekly along with cakes.

The kelp in your link is cyco expensive. This is what Bjorn uses, about monthly, along with Holly tone in teabags:
I haven’t tried it yet, I like Neptune’s harvest fish plus seaweed, 2-3-1, mixed pretty strong.
 

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Cool. Is there any danger in overfertilizing with the liquid seaweed in the cakes plus the kelp once a week? Or overfertilizing with either component?
 

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Cool. Is there any danger in overfertilizing with the liquid seaweed in the cakes plus the kelp once a week? Or overfertilizing with either component?
Not that I have experienced.
 

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Do you ever use the little fertilizer baskets? Are they useless? Is it better to have the fertilizer applied directly to the surface?i think I remember listening to an asymmetry podcast and Ryan said they are fine but just too expensive for all his trees?
 
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